# Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified at WALSH CONSTRUCTION COMPANY
> OSHA SIR `2025043435` · 4/13/2025 · CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Injured by object handled by person  n.e.c.
- **Source:** Structural elements  n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Skids, pallets
## Employer
- **Name:** WALSH CONSTRUCTION COMPANY
- **Location:** 929 WEST ADAMS ST., CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, 60607
- **NAICS:** 237310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was moving a piece of precast concrete to center it on a pallet. His right middle finger was pinched between the precast and the pallet, resulting in a fracture of the distal phalanx and a partial finger amputation.

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*Source: [OSHA Severe Injury Reports](https://www.osha.gov/severe-injury-reports) · MORVS · CC0 1.0*